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| author | Tony Finch <fanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-04-25 15:46:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Tony Finch <fanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-04-25 15:46:42 +0000 |
| commit | c37dc1fb0b29feba4c9c2392f1eb6ce6aeeb5cbf (patch) | |
| tree | 4cbd512437b59cc3ff8a7f6545110768f710d16b /usr.bin/whois | |
| parent | 02a371289a3766de9d06a7791357921aba4606a9 (diff) | |
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Example RIPE whois query with options and spaces.
Since it is used in the example, mention the -- option in the synopsis
even though it is a universal standard, and tweak to fit it on one line.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=298581
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/whois')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 32 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index 0b74cc5bcf781..0fe70a16f9033 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 23, 2016 +.Dd April 25, 2016 .Dt WHOIS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl aAbfgiIklmPQrRS -.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host +.Op Fl c Ar TLD | Fl h Ar host .Op Fl p Ar port +.Op Fl - .Ar name ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -90,11 +91,12 @@ Get query syntax documentation using Use the Network Abuse Clearinghouse database. It contains addresses to which network abuse should be reported, indexed by domain name. -.It Fl c Ar country-code +.It Fl c Ar TLD This is the equivalent of using the .Fl h option with an argument of -.Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net . +.Qq Ar TLD Ns Li .whois-servers.net . +This can be helpful for locating country-class TLD whois servers. .It Fl f Use the African Network Information Centre .Pq Tn AfriNIC @@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ option as shown in the following example, where .Ar CONTACT-ID is substituted with the actual contact identifier. .Pp -.Dl "whois -c RU CONTACT-ID" +.Dl Ic whois -c RU CONTACT-ID .Pp (Note: This example is specific to the .Tn TLD @@ -251,7 +253,25 @@ on port .Dq Li rwhois (written numerically as 4321). .Pp -.Dl "whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data" +.Dl Ic whois -h whois.example.com -p rwhois query-data +.Pp +Some whois servers support complex queries +with dash-letter options. +You can use the +.Fl - +option to separate +.Nm +command options from whois server query options. +A query containing spaces must be quoted as one +argument to the +.Nm +command. +The following example asks the RIPE whois server +to return a brief description of its +.Dq Li domain +object type: +.Pp +.Dl Ic whois -r -- '-t domain' .Sh SEE ALSO .Rs .%A Ken Harrenstien |